A team led by Ralph D. Sanderson, Ph.D., UAB Endowed Professor of Cancer Pathobiology, revealed that heparanase, an enzyme associated with tumor growth and metastasis, increased secretion of exosomes — tiny particles released by cells that interact with other cells.

“This is a way in which tumor cells talk to each other,” said Sanderson, senior scientist in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. More so, tumor cells rely on exosomes to communicate with their environment as they grow and spread.

University Professor Henry Panion III, Ph.D., has been appointed by Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley to serve on the State Council on the Arts. Panion, who teaches multimedia production, orchestration and arranging, is director of the Music Technology program. His term will begin Jan. 1, 2016, and expire Dec. 31, 2021.

There are more than a million words in Marcel Proust’s novel “In Search of Lost Time.” UAB Professor Emeritus William Carter, Ph.D., is reviewing each one as part of a major revision and annotation of the most famous English translation of the work. As Carter’s second volume debuts this month, he shares details of this labor of love.

Jennifer Pollock, Ph.D., and David Pollock, Ph.D., are among 15 professors identified as today’s leaders in advancing and teaching nephrology and dialysis technology by medicaltechnologyschools.com, which helps students identify the best professors in technology fields.